Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] used to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sent on teaching practice to Cowbridge Grammar School , one of those small country grammar schools which used to be the glory of Wales . |
| 2 | Thus , for centuries it used to be thought that even if a woman expressed her lack of consent in every way within her power , if she conceived as a result of the intercourse , she must in fact have consented . |
| 3 | Recently some areas which used to be moorland have been enclosed and ploughed , mainly on Exmoor . |
| 4 | The railway had come from Belfast in 1842 , the original station having been at Seagoe and some will still recall the old sidings which used to be near the signal-box there . |
| 5 | But the hoppers they used to be , er two hoppers we had two of them hoppers , we had the er one called the |
| 6 | Yes , he says , he does meet fellow Vietnamese workers who used to be in Germany but , no , they do not discuss politics . |
| 7 | Well in them days everybody used to be in anyway , there was no question . |
| 8 | In his pre-sponsorship days he used to be known as ‘ the surfer who lived in a car ’ ; in France he had a tent on the beach . |
| 9 | And they were like that and then of course they used to be er no washing machines you used to be at these here tubs . |
| 10 | The teeth there used to be a man come down about once every three months and er where he came from I do n't know . |
| 11 | Most significantly , the persuasive interview techniques which used to be a feature of most interrogations have been abandoned partly because of the new requirement that there should be a verbatim contemporaneous record of every interview . |
| 12 | In ancient times , about the 12th century , on these wooded slopes there used to be a watchtower , which later developed into a kind of fortified residence . |
| 13 | Yes , cos they usually all water underneath there and that used to be pumped out , every so often the engine room would pump all that out and to heat any water up the cabins there used to be a , a small pump what used to pump the fresh water into the boiler and I used to have a a piece of er copper off that and just turn the steam on a little bit put it into a bucket of cold water and then instead of driving the pump that 'd go into the , the er bucket and heat the water and boil it . |
| 14 | ‘ In Victorian times they used to be about 35 inches wide ; now they can be as narrow as 30 inches . |
| 15 | Do you remember those peppermint creams we used to be able to get ? |
| 16 | Are we slap a tax on , tariff on there that reduces consumption right , what with world prices , world prices they used to be here they 're now down here alright . |
| 17 | This has had its effect on some birds : the fields which used to be sown with oats meant stubble in autumn and winter which held large quantities of seeds . |
| 18 | And then these other men they used to be sort of a freelance , working a day here and a week there . |
| 19 | Locust beans they used to be animal feed I think . |
| 20 | And er and then there used to be some houses what er we did n't live in one of them but there used to be a lot of houses what used to be railings round , and there used to be steps and you 'd go down the steps , into the And they used to c they used to live downstairs and then well of course when you 're in the house in the side the room they used to have another flight of steps to come upstairs to a l a front room or a lounge or whatever you mind to call it . |
| 21 | The effect of the Order is that many personal injury claims which used to be pursued in the High Court must now be brought in a county court . |
| 22 | This puts services which used to be available free from the hospital out of reach of patients on low income and those with chronic health conditions who require multidisciplinary care . |
| 23 | Oh there used to be a lot of s er entertainment coming round the streets there used to be er gentlemen as coming round singing . |
| 24 | They 're not the bargains they used to be : a double room will cost from around £35 to £65 a night , but it 's likely to have a four-poster bed , and there 's always a splendid dining room where you can try food of the region . |
| 25 | It was not so much that the match was any more frantic or violent than usual , but rather that there were in evidence throughout the afternoon , a lot of faces quick to register those expressions which used to be peculiar to spoiled infants whose worn-out parents had cracked and dared to cross their wills . |
| 26 | What are the report , what , what 's in clauses what used to be thirty seven and thirty eight ? |